Disruption of the phagosomal membrane and egress of Legionella pneumophila into the cytoplasm during the last stages of intracellular infection of macrophages and Acanthamoeba polyphaga

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4040-4051

  Molmeret, Maëlle ^a   Bitar, Dina M ^b   Han, Lihui ^c   Kwaik, Yousef Abu ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE HYDROLASE; HYDROLASE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOSOMES;

EID: 3042687722     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.4040-4051.2004     Document Type: Article

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